Friday, 28 March 2014

Boko Haram Captured By Army When Trying To Escape To Cameroon, Chad

The arrested Boko Haram members as well as weapons and motocycles seized from them in Taraba and Adamawa States.

On
Thursday, Nigerian military have issued a statement saying they have
apprehended a group of terrorists who tried to escape to neighbouring
Cameroon through Taraba and Adamawa states' borders.
According
to Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, the Director, Defence Information and
Coordinator of Joint Information Centre, Counter terrorism Campaign, the
insurgents were captured by troops who partolled he areas.
Maj.-Gen.
Olukolade said the terrorists could no longer bear the hunger at their
make-shift camps at the forest. They led the soldiers to their hideouts
where fighting ensued. Seven terrorists were killed, a number of
improvised explosive devices (IEDs), rifles and 70 motorcycles recovered
in the course of the operation.
Maj.-Gen. Olukolade also said a similar encounter in Gumbi led to death of four other insurgents.
In
a similar development, a heavily-armed suspected terrorist with dual
nationalities of Chad and Burkina-Faso was captured by the officers of
the Joint Task Force along the Chad border. The suspect
possessed
different calibre of arms and ammunition.
The defence spokesman
said members of the task force were patrolling areas around the Lake
Chad, including Kwatan, Kanwa, Kwatan Yobe and other areas to apprehend
more of the insurgents.